Opinions & Interviews

MINSK, 29 October (BelTA) – Belarus has benefited from steering away from radical ways in matters of life and development of the country. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement as he met with the most prominent members of the Belarusian youth organization BRSM, BelTA has learned.

Alexander Lukashenko said: “We live in a very complicated period of transition from one system to another. It is true that not everyone understands from what and where to we are transitioning. This is why in Belarus we don’t make pompous statements about from what and where to we are going. We just live and build on what we have, making the world a better place. We don’t throw out all the good things we had in our past. I never say that we are moving away from planned economy to market economy.”

The president mentioned the high degree of indefiniteness in the things going on in the world, particularly in the last few months and one year. “Even the opinions of our super liberals have been shaken. They are no longer fascinated by market ideas. But the society has veered to the left, particularly in the post-Soviet space. It is a fact. You will see it in the near future. There will be no radical changes, no calls for radical changes,” Alexander Lukashenko was convinced.

“Nations, particularly Slavonic ones, have renounced radicalism. The fact that we didn’t rush to embrace that crazy radical market in the past will give us more benefits down the road. We have already benefited from steering away from radical ways but things will be even better than that,” the head of state concluded.